can you id these two punches and tell ,what they are used for? thanks
socram,
Oct 20, 8:45pm
Rivets? Just a total guess.
desmodave,
Oct 20, 8:45pm
Just a guess , Rivet punch may be
whqqsh,
Oct 20, 8:45pm
yeah, rounding the heads of rivets
upnorth,
Oct 20, 11:27pm
No, they round the tail of the rivet.
macman26,
Oct 20, 11:59pm
And the hole is to help get the rivet through the metal and tight
whqqsh,
Oct 21, 12:19am
yup, once you've peined a head onto it. I've seldom seen them work well from scratch unless you pein a decent mushroom first & then they finish off
unclejake,
Oct 21, 4:24am
Looking at these old tools I'm reminded of the double skin ships the English (and others) used to build, and the story of the riveter who disappeared from work one day, never to return.
They found him many years later riveted between the two skins and unable to escape.
EDIT: A quick Google suggests the story is a fake
marte,
Oct 21, 11:52am
We used them in school metalwork class
kevlight,
Oct 21, 6:01pm
so i have some rivets to try out now thanks for reply's will see how we go ,
tintop,
Oct 21, 11:50pm
The story related to a real ship of ill luck - The 'Great Eastern'
A longer Google search suggests it is not.
"When taking her apart, a skeleton was discovered inside her double bottom. Apparently he was one of the workers that had built the ship in the 1850's. Was it he that had cursed the Great Eastern when he realised that no one could hear him or let him out? Was it he that had brought all misery to the Great Eastern? "
tintop,
Jan 13, 6:01pm
The tools are riveting 'Dollies' or singular 'Dolly'
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